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Resources Useful for Teaching and Learning from Statistics NZ

We live in a data driven society Data is increasingly a strategic asset Everyone wants more statistics and insights from the data we collect. But data has no value unless it is used Increasing knowledge and capability of users to understand and use statistics is important. Real life context Teaching and learning of Statistics must be grounded in real data and context to continue to be relevant.

Resources available from Statistics NZ Tables from NZ.Stat (table builder replacement) You can view and download the information you want from large datasets. Some recently added datasets are from the Census and General Social Survey. Synthetic Unit Record Files (SURFs) A lot of teaching and learning is about summary statistics. But you can’t learn to create them without unit records. Census 2013 More products from last year’s census continue to be released. You can get information about your local neighbourhood in various formats.

Synthetic Unit Record Files (SURFs) Unit records files are about individuals Unit record files have data for individual persons or units. Each row is a person and each column is a variable. What does synthetic mean? We create artificial people that have the same profiles, distributions, averages, and other statistical properties as the real data. What’s the most recent dataset available? The 2006 Census birth cohort SURF. This dataset contains data of 10,000 newborns (less than one year old) on the night of the 2006 Census.

2006 Census birth cohort SURF Where can I get it? From the SURF for Schools section of the Statistics NZ website. There’s a data dictionary and explanatory notes about what it contains. What variables does it have? Variables about the mums and dads (not necessarily biological parents) such as age, highest qualification, internet access, NZDep, home ownership How was it made? Made by a researcher from Auckland University, based on mixing and matching similar babies together.

2006 Census birth cohort SURF Age of newborn parents in 2006 60 50 40 dad's age 30 20 10 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 mum's age

2006 Census birth cohort SURF Internet access by mum's tenure 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% has internet access 50% no internet access 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Owner/part owner Does not own no mum

2013 Census Products - highlights QuickStats about a subject / place Summary reports about New Zealand and its communities, with simple tables and facts about key topics, places, iwi, and ethnic groups StatsMaps Statistics about New Zealand and its people in map form Data tables Data about a place or a topic in downloadable Excel table format, or in online table-building tool NZ.Stat Information about census data Definitions, metadata, and other explanatory information about the census

Where to start – stats.govt.nz www.stats.govt.nz

Quick Stats about a place Click on dropdown arrow to make your selection

Quick Stats about a place

Quick Stats about a place

Quick Stats about a place Additional information of the region

StatsMap

StatsMaps

StatsMaps

StatsMaps NZ Map with area unit boundaries

StatsMaps NZ Map with meshblock boundaries

StatsMaps Photo view of meshblocks

StatsMaps

StatsMaps